I imagine Nintendo will be hitting all these sorts of sites even harder, going forward - they're aware that their hardware and games is now borderline out-of-reach for much of their intended customer base, and many of those people will be looking for "alternative means" to get access to those games.

I think you're downplaying #1 a bit, no quibbles about #2 though.

I don't know if Huang deserves all of the credit for the direction, but if he does, then I think he deserves a lot of credit for that. CUDA is brilliant because they have been able to move their existing system forward on it, for example by rebasing PhysX on it and thereby not having to reimplement that.

Which freedoms do Americans value?

That's kind of how it works, except all the terms are different. Choosing not to go to court about it etc etc. No matter what it's choosing whether or not to spend the money.

But it does. Copyright is still backed up by rough men with guns.

Since they aren't sure, I'm betting it's an attack. When Microsoft gets attacked they are helpless. They still don't know what happened in those big azure hacks because they had no logs

You mean like coal?

I imagine that, being ultra-rich and powerful, not having to worry about the sorts of day-to-day things most people do probably helps significantly as well.

There was also still a rule on the books at the school that allowed kids to be absent for so may days during trapping season. Never know anyone who did but we made lots of beaver trapping jokes about it.

And shagging a spy comes with congressional hearings and DOJ scrutiny. I think the board is trying to focus the narrative on the direct report to try to steer the coverage away from the spy scandal.

Well, this is Microsoft so saying it's a Tech story is a bit misleading. It's 200[x]s tech, today!

THIS. It's one thing to connect to Microsoft to have them evaluate emails or whatever, it would also be a terrible idea, but at least it wouldn't cause what having Microsoft actually host the email is causing.

It's fucking pathetic what Microsoft "admins" do now. Mostly just hope Microsoft doesn't fuck things up, they don't do shit any more because they can't.

Allowing Microsoft to provide your email is like allowing Chuck E. Cheese to provide a substitute for Italian cuisine to your restaurant.

I think they're talking about rack-sized UPS and up, not desktop size.

The bjg ones I've used have an LCD panel on the front with status, including current time.

Anyway, I avoid ever setting my cron jobs to a 0 or 5 for this basic reason. */15 style is the unavoidable exception.

1. Moving the goalposts

Wait, you're seriously asking why we aren't restoring it to service? Sorry, I hadn't imagined even you would be that stupid.

Based on my observations from outside the ecosystem... I'm not so sure it shouldn't be "Microsoft 300".